Overview Of The Code On Social Security, 2020

Shruti Srivastava, B.B.A. LL.B (Hons.), University of Petroleum and Energy Studies, Dehradun

ABSTRACT

This paper aims to touch all aspects of Labor law that are interlinked to the concept of Social Security. To evaluate this concept in totality, this paper has brushed through the basics, beginning from its origin to its subsequent developments. After which a progression has been made to the Indian Constitutional and Judicial aspects of this concept, which are of highest importance.

INTRODUCTION

To simplify and consolidate labor laws, the 2nd National Commission on Labour instructed the rationalization of existing labor laws into 4 to 5 groups. In pursuance of the proposal, the Code on Social Security, 2020 (hereafter the Code) obtained the concurrence of the President on 28 September 2020. The Code strives to regulate the organized / unorganized (or any other) sectors and augment social security benefits, during indisposition, maternity, disablement, etc. to all employees and workers across diverse associations. The Code undertakes to integrate nine existing labor laws relating to social security into one melded Code.